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Shabana Azmi: “I’ve been phenomenally lucky from the beginning”
1 month, 1 week ago

Shabana Azmi: “I’ve been phenomenally lucky from the beginning”

Hindustan Times  

Everyone loves a love story. It is in her voice that we hear Shaukat and Kaifi’s love story complete with parental objections, secret supporters, love letters written in blood and bold acts of rebellion. Shabana Azmi Publicity still for Kaifi Aur Main featuring Kanwaljeet Singh, Shabana Azmi and Jaswinder Singh After a performance in Bangalore, Shabana Azmi talked about marriage, …

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Just Like That | Poet and statesman, unstained by politics
1 year, 2 months ago

Just Like That | Poet and statesman, unstained by politics

Hindustan Times  

I got to know Atal Bihari Vajpayee only after he became the Prime Minister. But suddenly, his eyes opened, and looking straight at me he said: “ Woh tasveer toh purani hai.” I was flummoxed. Shabana Azmi, his daughter, must have given him a copy, and the cover photo of Kaifi Azmi he was referring to was of a much …

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Acid attack survivor braves challenges, scores 95% in CBSE Class 10 exams
1 year, 7 months ago

Acid attack survivor braves challenges, scores 95% in CBSE Class 10 exams

Hindustan Times  

Not letting her disability stand in the way of success, 15-year-old Kafi, an acid attack survivor, scored 95.2% in the CBSE Class 10 results, which were declared on Friday. Kafi, a 16-year-old student and an acid attack survivor scored 95.2% in the CBSE Class 10 exams. Making a father proud Amit Kumar Morya, a Class 10 student at the Shishu …

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Review: Daaera (The Circle) and Dhanak (The Rainbow) edited by Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar
1 year, 7 months ago

Review: Daaera (The Circle) and Dhanak (The Rainbow) edited by Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar

Hindustan Times  

One seldom comes across a husband and wife who have both distinguished themselves in films, literature and activism and share an intellectual and emotional intimacy. Their joint project, a box set comprising two trilingual anthologies, Dhanak by Jan Nisar Akhtar and Daaera by Kaifi Azmi, shows that sometimes celebrity pairings have great creative possibilities. Progressive poet and lyricist Jan Nisar …

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Saeed Naqvi | A monochromatic wasteland cannot create another Lata Mangeshkar
2 years, 10 months ago

Saeed Naqvi | A monochromatic wasteland cannot create another Lata Mangeshkar

Deccan Chronicle  

Lata Mangeshkar’s passing away does end an epoch but her music will remain part of the air generations will breathe. Lata Mangeshkar’s art was shaped by the fervour which accompanied Independence when music, indeed culture, was freeing itself from feudal patronage, opening up spaces for democratisation and a wider participation. Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan’s father, Ustad Hafiz Ali …

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Shabana Azmi on father Kaifi Azmi's 103rd birth anniversary: 'I remember him with celebration, not sorrow'
2 years, 11 months ago

Shabana Azmi on father Kaifi Azmi's 103rd birth anniversary: 'I remember him with celebration, not sorrow'

Firstpost  

“When Abba passed away, I realised nothing prepares you for the loss of a Nothing! Shabana Azmi, her husband Javed Akhtar, her brother Baba Azmi and his wife Tanvi Azmi had big plans for poet-thinker-activist Kaifi Azmi’s 103rd birth anniversary. When I see the long strides Mijwan has taken, I feel I am, in a small way, paying the debt.” …

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Shabana Azmi shares throwback pic with dad Kaifi Azmi, taken just before his stroke
3 years, 9 months ago

Shabana Azmi shares throwback pic with dad Kaifi Azmi, taken just before his stroke

Hindustan Times  

Actor Shabana Azmi has shared a picture of her father, the noted poet-lyricist Kaifi Azmi. Shabana Azmi poses with her poet father Kaifi Azmi Shabana and Kaifi are seen in matching white kurtas as they pose near a tree while on a road trip. She wrote on Instagram: “#BaapBetiJodi.When I asked my father Kaifi Azmi if he would support my …

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’Chirag Paswan definitely the CM candidate of LJP in Bihar polls’
4 years, 2 months ago

’Chirag Paswan definitely the CM candidate of LJP in Bihar polls’

Live Mint  

Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan should be the chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections and the party should fight on 143 seats, said LJP national general secretary, Shahnawaz Ahmad Kaifi on Tuesday. Kaifi, however, said that he has made Chirag Paswan aware of the demands being raised by the party workers and members. "Chirag Paswan is …

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Shabana Azmi Opens Up About Her January Accident, Says 'It Was a Close Shave'
4 years, 3 months ago

Shabana Azmi Opens Up About Her January Accident, Says 'It Was a Close Shave'

News 18  

Actress Shabana Azmi, who celebrated her 70th birthday on Friday, opened up about her health after meeting with an accident in January. I received so much respect and concern from all parts of the world during that accident period and I think that’s one of the main reasons I recovered.” She added that she still goes off to Khandala but …

Happy birthday Shabana Azmi: This is the life lesson Kaifi Azmi gave his talented daughter when she wanted to join films
4 years, 3 months ago

Happy birthday Shabana Azmi: This is the life lesson Kaifi Azmi gave his talented daughter when she wanted to join films

Hindustan Times  

In the heydays of parallel cinema in Hindi film industry, a quartet ruled the firmament -- Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi. Happy birthday Shabana Azmi: The actor turns 70 today. Daughter of noted Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi and stage actor Shaukat Azmi, it was only natural that Shabana was exposed to arts and a culture early …

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Mee Raqsam movie review: A simplistic but warm tale of a father’s love
4 years, 4 months ago

Mee Raqsam movie review: A simplistic but warm tale of a father’s love

Hindustan Times  

Mee Raqsam Director: Baba Azmi Cast: Danish Husain, Aditi Suberi, Naseeruddin Shah Mee Raqsam stars Danish Husain as a doting father. Mee Raqsam is produced by actor Shabana Azmi, directed by her brother Baba Azmi and is a tribute to their late father Kaifi Azmi. With Mee Raqsam, Kaifi’s children are telling the story of a father much like him—one …

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‘Can’t be a better homage to our father Kaifi Azmi than Mee Raqsam,’ says Shabana Azmi
4 years, 4 months ago

‘Can’t be a better homage to our father Kaifi Azmi than Mee Raqsam,’ says Shabana Azmi

Hindustan Times  

Shabana Azmi still remembers the conversation she had with her father, legendary poet Kaifi Azmi, before becoming an actor. Elaborating on the relationship with her father, Shabana Azmi shared a childhood anecdote when she wanted to have a doll with “blonde hair and blue eyes”. Kaifi Azmi also instilled a love for India’s “composite culture” in his children that they …

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